Pacific Northwest Backroad Adventures

Here are some new discussions on the pnwadventures.com forums in the past week:

Pett Toilet - A discussion on the Pett Dry Toilet System and some related topics

Cot Tent - Discussion on using tent cots.

Ahtanum trails Clean-up (July 26th, 2008) - An invitation to participate in the clean up area of trails in the Ahtanum area including Sedge Ridge, Whites Ridge, and Foundation Ridge.

Portable Hitch Kitchen - Discussion on creating a portable kitchen that could be easily carried on a hitch and removed at a campsite for use.

And of course, there are many on-going discussions.

I just updated the forum to vBulletin 3.7 and installed the Search Engine Optimization plugin by vBSEO. You can read about the new features and updates at New Forum Features and Updates.

Steve

Here are some new discussions on the pnwadventures.com forums in the past week:

Trip Planning:

Scouting The Whiskey Dick - May 16, 2008 [Friday] - A weekday trip to explore the Whiskey Dick Road Management Area just east of Ellensburg, Washington.

Papa’s Toys Tour, 05-10-08 - the 6th annual trip to Papa’s Toy Collection in Cornelius, OR.

Completed Trips:

Tracking Ice Age Floods - April 19, 2008 - The trip report from the previous Saturday’s road trip through the coulee country of Eastern Washington.

And of course, there are many on-going discussions.

Lets say that you are out on an off-road adventure with a group of other people and the vehicle in front (or back) slides into you and causes damage to your vehicle. What is the right thing to do? Should the person who slides into you pay for the damage? Should you take the responsibility because you should have recognized the situation and waited for the other vehicle to clear the obstacle? Do you call it even and move on?

What are your thoughts? Join the discussion on the forum at Accident Protocol.

There is a new discussion started on the forum about the definition of “overland travel” and “exploration” This subject should provide for some good dialogue.

Join in or read the discussion at What is Overland Travel?

Over on the forum, there is a great discussion on Hand Winches. Manual winches (also commonly known as “come-alongs”) are a great alternative (but not a substitute) for a vehicle mounted electric, hydraulic or PTO winch. Hand powered winches can be used alone or in conjunction with your vehicle mounted winch in those especially sticky situations. Of course, just as with a vehicle mounted winch, the use of a manual winch will require additional recovery gear such as straps, tree savers, cable or winch rope, d-shackles and recovery points on your vehicle.

See the forum discussion at Hand Power Pullers.

In case you missed it on forum, Toy Man posted a awesome trip report of a recently completed two week guided overland adventure through the Sierra Madre Mountains of Mexico. This was definitely NOT your typical tourist/resort trip to Mexico we all hear about.

Read the entire trip report at Mexico 2007 Trip Report.

A great trip report was posted on the forum by Moxta from Auburn, Washington. Their adventure started in Ellensburg and took them up and over Manastash ridge via the Barber Springs Rd and FS-1701 to the Little Naches area off SR-410. The trip included snow and will probably be one of the last wheeled vehicle trips in that area before the snow settles in for the winter.

Read the entire trip report at Ellensburg to 410.